Landywood railway station

Landywood
Landywood railway station in 2019
General information
Location	Landywood, South Staffordshire England
Grid reference	SJ986065
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LAW
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1908	Opened as Landywood Halt
1916	Closed
1989	Reopened as Landywood
Passengers
2018/19	96,902
2019/20	111,810
2020/21	22,928
2021/22	101,382
2022/23	117,630
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Landywood railway station is situated in the village of Landywood in Staffordshire, England. As well as Landywood, the station also serves the adjacent villages of Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley (The former Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay railway station closed in the 1960s). The LNWR also operated an earlier halt at Landywood which closed on 1 January 1916.

The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway.

History

The first station on the site was opened in 1908 by the London and North Western Railway but closed after a short life in 1916. The present station opened in 1989, as part of the first stage of the reopening by British Rail of the Chase Line from Walsall to Hednesford to passenger trains. The area was previously served by a station further north at Great Wyrley, but this was closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s.

In 2010, the stations between Walsall and Stafford (including Landywood) were subject to a £1.6 million upgrade project. This included the installation of new lighting, CCTV, live train information boards, and new waiting shelters.

From 2018, Great Wyrley & Cheslyn Hay Community Group will help maintain the station as part of West Midland Railway's station adoption scheme.

In 2019 the Chase Line electrification works were completed and the first electric trains started running from 19 May. This was to coincide with a major timetable change introducing hourly services to London Euston via Birmingham International. London bound trains were run under the London Northwestern brand.

Services

Typically, Monday to Saturday daytimes and peak times, Landywood is served by two trains per hour in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Rugeley Trent Valley where connections to Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe are available. On Sundays Landywood is served by 1 train per hour. Services are usually operated by Class 350 electric trains.

Journey times are typically 14 minutes to Walsall and 38 minutes to Birmingham New Street.

A range of onward travel options are available from nearby bus stops. Bus service X51 directly links Landywood to Cannock Station, Bloxwich North Station and Moor Street Station. Service 1, 71 and X51 offer links to Cheslyn Hay, Wolverhampton, New Cross Hospital, Essington, Walsall, Great Barr, Birmingham and the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in Hawks Green.

Nearby shopping precinct 'Quinton Court' offers a range of shops and eateries, in addition to Great Wyrley Library and Health Center.

External links

• Train times and station information for Landywood railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Cannock		West Midlands Railway Rugeley - Walsall - Birmingham Chase Line		Bloxwich North
		West Midlands Railway Rugeley - Walsall - Birmingham - Wolverhampton Limited service